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Odunsi Knocking Fools Out

In AAU we gave a parent a no-tolerance talking to...just to much negative chatter at our own players. It worked. It was nothing like this though.
 
ftbendcoach said:
ArathornClone said:
If you read the thread on that Hookem.com website - it is funny that the more posts that went up the closer we got to probably a fairly accurate account of what happened. These 2 posts sum it up pretty well.
The first - clearly a Harrison's fan - the second more impartial - but I think between the 2 you get a pretty good idea of what happened. Seems that it is based on tension that has been building between the 3. Odunsi didn't like what happened on a fast break - Odunsi gave a shoulder bump - harrison took a swing - blows exchanged - brother sucker punch - end.

The "tension" that has been building has been created by the twins father. Not only has he planted in the twins' heads that Odunsi's a ball hog, but he goes to the games and screams at Anthony, the coach, and the referees. Like I said above, he's the one to blame -- not the players or the coach. It's pretty clear to me that "realhoops1" is Mr. Harrison trying to preserve his sons reputation.

Interesting because some of my kids have told me that Mr. Harrison has been telling people that there's no way that his kids are going to UT because it's a football school. It's not big time enough for them.
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Thanks for your comments, ftbendcoach.
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ftbendcoach said:
I know this is my first post so you can take this with whatever you like but I was at the game and can confirm that the fight did happen. There has been a lot of back-and-forth between the parties this season but I can confirm, as another coach in the district, that Anthony is a good guy. He also is not a ball hog, as has been rumored here and at the UT message boards.

The Harrison twins' father has been relentless all season long about Anthony, calling him a ball hog and screaming at the coach and the referees. Tuesday's game he was in rare form. He routinely yells at Anthony on the court about hogging the ball...whatever, and it gets into the twins' heads. So when everyone hears this all game long, the twins started to get frustrated when Anthony passed to the other kid on the 3 on 1 rather than passing to Harrison. (It is not true that Anthony refused to pass the ball.)

Harrison and Anthony went back and forth and Anthony gave Harrison a little shove. Then Harrison punched Anthony and the other Harrison ran in and the fight was on.

Yes, Anthony shouldn't have reacted the way he did. I think he knows better. I've seen him play in our district for 4 years and never seen him react the way he did. Yes, if it was going to happen, it should have happened in practice. The difference is that the dad isn't in practice. He goes to the games and gets his sons all worked up and, frankly, got Anthony all worked up.

This shouldn't be an indictment of Anthony. He's a good kid who overreacted in an impossible situation. It bears mentioning that the Mr. Harrison has since been banned from the facility where the game and fight took place. Without his being an instigator, this never would have happened.

To the degree that this was the coach's fault -- there's only so much one can do to control a parent. It all happened pretty fast Tuesday night and there was nothing that could be done. Even the referees were powerless to prevent it. The parent fueled the fire and the coach can tell Anthony not to listen to it but it's hard to tell the twins to ignore their own father. I really don't even blame the Harrison twins. They're 15 or 16 and getting worked up by a father who's trying to live his life through them. The father is clearly to blame for this and he's going around on message boards calling Anthony a ball hog and trying to preserve his sons' reputation. He's the problem, though...not the coach, not the twins, and certainly not Anthony.
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is it true all three have been suspended for 20 days from school?
 
I find it very hard to believe the parent of two highly recruited underclassman would be overbearing and critical of another teammate possibly taking points away from his sons...............


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is it true all three have been suspended for 20 days from school?
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I don't think that's true. At my school (same district), a fight means a 3 day suspension from school. I don't know what the district AD is going to decide about the playoff game(s) and I heard that Mr. Harrison may pull his sons out of the school altogether. If so, they'll be on to their 3rd high school in 2 years. I imagine they'll be back at school Monday.
 
linkshero said:
I find it very hard to believe the parent of two highly recruited underclassman would be overbearing and critical of another teammate possibly taking points away from his sons...............


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I tried to rep you for your Jimlass, but alas I have apparently been too free and easy with the ol' rep.
 
cayin said:
Hi Hoopking, what do you think is going on with the posters on the board where the story originated who claimed to be court side and are saying this whole thing was Anthony's fault and the Anthony basically got his @$$ beat? Are those friends of the Harrison Twins or something?
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yeah i would say so odunsi was making whatever twin it was backpedal he was getting hit so hard. one of mr friends sons on the austin teams joked that they call him papa beacause when he hits you it goes pop. the whole thing was a mistake and sophmore looking like they cant take a little leadership
 
ftbendcoach said:
I know this is my first post so you can take this with whatever you like but I was at the game and can confirm that the fight did happen. There has been a lot of back-and-forth between the parties this season but I can confirm, as another coach in the district, that Anthony is a good guy. He also is not a ball hog, as has been rumored here and at the UT message boards.

The Harrison twins' father has been relentless all season long about Anthony, calling him a ball hog and screaming at the coach and the referees. Tuesday's game he was in rare form. He routinely yells at Anthony on the court about hogging the ball...whatever, and it gets into the twins' heads. So when everyone hears this all game long, the twins started to get frustrated when Anthony passed to the other kid on the 3 on 1 rather than passing to Harrison. (It is not true that Anthony refused to pass the ball.)

Harrison and Anthony went back and forth and Anthony gave Harrison a little shove. Then Harrison punched Anthony and the other Harrison ran in and the fight was on.

Yes, Anthony shouldn't have reacted the way he did. I think he knows better. I've seen him play in our district for 4 years and never seen him react the way he did. Yes, if it was going to happen, it should have happened in practice. The difference is that the dad isn't in practice. He goes to the games and gets his sons all worked up and, frankly, got Anthony all worked up.

This shouldn't be an indictment of Anthony. He's a good kid who overreacted in an impossible situation. It bears mentioning that the Mr. Harrison has since been banned from the facility where the game and fight took place. Without his being an instigator, this never would have happened.

To the degree that this was the coach's fault -- there's only so much one can do to control a parent. It all happened pretty fast Tuesday night and there was nothing that could be done. Even the referees were powerless to prevent it. The parent fueled the fire and the coach can tell Anthony not to listen to it but it's hard to tell the twins to ignore their own father. I really don't even blame the Harrison twins. They're 15 or 16 and getting worked up by a father who's trying to live his life through them. The father is clearly to blame for this and he's going around on message boards calling Anthony a ball hog and trying to preserve his sons' reputation. He's the problem, though...not the coach, not the twins, and certainly not Anthony.
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at multiple games i have heard their father say unecessary things to odunsi. things that should not be said as a responsible adult to a kid
 
Another hysterical 'crisis' about nothing

Some tyrannical parent thinking their precious not getting enough touches or glory.
 
Re: Another hysterical 'crisis' about nothing

Considering this incident, I thought this qoute from Andrew Harrison's ESPN recruiting profile was interesting:

"He sometimes allows his emotions to get to him and thus it causes him to lose concentration at the task at hand."
 
I bet these kids end up at Baylor. Their dad is going to scare off a lot of the blue bloods.
 
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